on 29/03/04 23:00, Erik Ness at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings, > > New to the list, with what is probably an common problem for X migrators. > > I run two systems -- a Cube and an iBook and am preparing for the > final ascent into the land of X. I like to keep the two running more > or less identically, but I sense that with the more stringent control > of users and permissions in X this will be a little more challenging > than just using File Synchronization. Any suggestions vis a vis > strategies or software?
If you want to keep identical list of users on both computers, yes, that will be hard. You can synchronize a large part of your stuff as long as you have the discipline not to log onto one computer, modify some files, then log on the other, modify the same files. Unless you can use a synchronization tool that works at the file level (i.e. it can synchronize the content of a given file format), then you're quickly developing problems to keep key files in sync if you need to use a file system level synchronization tool. Most tools will want to keep one file or the other. If you're throwing other users in the mix, then it will add another level of complexity, plus the added problem of permissions. Even if you are the administrator, you don't have access to some folders of the other users. It's hard to synchronize the content of a folder when you don't have access to it. Sure, you could enable the root user, but if you synchronize folders to which you usually don't have access to, you need to be careful not to end up with a lot of scattered files that are owned by root and are not accessible by regular users. You might have another nightmare to restore the original permissions on the copies. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] benchmark n.: [techspeak] An inaccurate measure of computer performance. "In the computer industry, there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and benchmarks." Well-known ones include Whetstone, Dhrystone, Rhealstone (see h), the Gabriel LISP benchmarks (see gabriel), the SPECmark suite, and LINPACK. See also machoflops, MIPS, smoke and mirrors. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
